Shade for automobile windshields



July 1 1, 1925. v 1,545,592

C. O. MATHEWS HADE FOR AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS Filed Nov. 18, 1924 8 :EfEE| l 4- 9 [/2 w for J/fornql Patented July 14, 1925.

V UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES O. MATHEWS, OF'DEVON, CONNECTICUT.

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' Application filed November 1a, 1924. Seiia] 1%. 750,532.

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i Be it known that LCHARLns MATHEWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the town of Devon, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shades for Automobile WVindshields; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in automobile shades, but more particularly shades for the windshield of an automobile, and has for its objects to shut off sun glare and the blinding rays from approaching head lights; to enable the shade to be rolled up by a slight pull 011 a drop cord; and to prevent flapping or bellying of the shade when exposed to the wind that comes in through an open windshield.

\Vith these ends in view this'invention consists of certain constructions hereinafter fully described and then specifically designated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view broken away showing the front of an automobile equipped with this improvement- Figure 2 a detail cross section through one of the guide rods showing particularly the runner clip, and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing a modified form of this improvement.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

1 represents an ordinary windshield of an automobile, 2 the roof thereof, and 3 the front corner posts.

4: is an ordinary form of spring roller, and v 5 a shade carriedthereby.

(5, 7, are ball shaped fixtures Within which the shade roller is journaled, the bases 8, 9,

of. which fixtures are secured to the roof of an automobile at a predetermined distance in the rear of the corner posts 3.

The particular form of shade roller which I prefer to use is known as the trigger roller, in which the teeth carried by one end of the snaft of the roller are engaged by a trigger whose outer end extends through the fixture 6 and is provided with any suitable drop cord by means of which the trigger may be released from engagement with said far as said trigger and teeth are concerned.

Inthis connection I will merely state that V the end of the trigger, denotedby the numeral l0,extends from the fixture-6 and-is provided with adrop ,cord 11 the pulling of which releases the trigger and allows the shade to roll up. i V

12 are fixtures secured to the front corner posts 3 at a suitable distance below the plane of the roller, and 13 are guide rods whose lower extremities are connected with these fixtures 12 and whose upper extremities are connected with the fixtures 6, 7, so that it will be clear that these guide rods incline forwardly and downwardly from the shade roller.

14- are what I term runner clamps and which, referring to Figure 2, comprise two resilient members a, b, that aresecured to the ends of the lower part of the shade and whose outer extremities are bent and formed into clamping members 0, (Z, a thumb screw 6 passing through the members and engaging a nut f serving as the means to operate said members as a clamp.

These rods 13, and are intended toslide freely thereon, so that when the shade is pulled down it will be properly guided by the con nection of these runner clamps with the rods 13, and the thumb nut e is operated to clamp the. members 0, d, firmly to the rods 13 so that the shade may be held secure as against flapping or bellying.

Therefore, it will be understood that these runner clamps serve as travelers or-runners on the rods 13 so that the shade may be readily moved in either direction'up or down and properly guided, and also serve as clamps in the manner above described.

Instead of securing the upper extremities of the rods 13 directly to the fixtures 6, 7, that are a part of the shade roller construction, separate fixtures 15 may be provided that are secured to the roof of the automobile ad'acent the fixtures 6, '7, and the upper ends o these rods may then be connected to these special fixtures, as shown at Figure 3, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to anyspecial fixtures to which the upper ends of the rods 13 may be connected.

In the construction shown at Figure 3 the runner clamps embrace the rods and the op,-

eration of the construction is in all respects precisely the same as that which character!- ize the construction shown atFigure 1.

What is claimed is 1. An inside shade for .the front of an automobile, comprising a spring shade roller journaled in fixtures that depend froin the roof of the automobile at a predetermined distance from the front thereof, guide rods adjacent said fixtures and inclined downwardly toward'said front, the extremities of which rods are fixed respectively to said roof and to the front corner posts of the automobile, a shade carried by said roller, runner clamps carried by the lower ends of the shade and embracing said rods, and means for releasing the shade.

2. An inside shade for an automobile front, comprising downwardly inclined guide rods whose upper extremities are fixed to the automobile roof and whose lower extremities are fixed to the front corner posts, a spring shade roller. journaled-adj acent said upper extremities and having a release trigger, a shade carried by said roller, runner clamps carried by the lower ends of said shade and embracing said rods whereby the shade when pulled down is inclined downwardly and held in any desired adjustment by the I manipulation of said clamps, and means attaoh'ed to the roller trigger for releasing the shade.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature hereto.

CHARLES o. MATHEWS, [1,. 8. 

